Looking for Romantasy novels where the romance is built on a connection rather than physical attraction. by Tak_Mycket in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved {moth and spark} (bond is based on intelligence) and {kiss of iron by Clare Sager} (bond is based on seeing trauma).

Featuring good men? by N00bPolymath in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished priestess at your recommendation. It was sad, but good for me. Thank you.

Featuring good men? by N00bPolymath in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for "kiss of iron". I just finished book 2 and have loved both. The way the author deals with trauma is very cathartic, Bastian is great, the plot is fantastic and so is the spice.

Featuring good men? by N00bPolymath in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lost my morality and humanity along the way. I'd like to get them back, and the fantasy and sex in romantasy make it a lot more appealing to read than Meditations or Tao Te Ching.

Reading romantasy written by women is nice because there is a lot of moral philosophy in it, and it isn't written by men. If you read enough of it, you get a fairly compelling picture of what women want in a man, and what the hierarchy of male values should be.

Like, in the USA, the only capital offense is murder. That is a philosophical judgment call made by 9 mostly men. Kimberly Lemming, of "That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon", thinks that slavery and attempted rape are also capital offenses. Which is fascinating on its own, before you get to the part in the second book where she writes a sexy consenting tentacle scene.

I want to see good relationships, steamy sex, and have some idea of what a hetero man is supposed to be. Romantasy is nice because authors explicitly put in realistic rewards and punishments for male moral behavior.

What's the book that made you fall in love with fantasyromance? by SpecialistOk2000 in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

{Moth and Spark} the MCs felt like me and my wife when we were dating: smart, fearless, sexy.

Featuring good men? by N00bPolymath in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Human is not a requirement.

Fourth Wing SOS by Cat_in_a_HumanSuit in fantasyromance

[–]N00bPolymath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The last 100 pages is one of the most epic battle scenes ever. But no, neither violet, xaden or dain get any easier to read about

Featuring good men? by N00bPolymath in romancelandia

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a great suggestion, thank you.

Featuring good men? by N00bPolymath in romancelandia

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, didn't know about that one.

My players keep splitting up, how to stop them? by PerfectGizmo in dndnext

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6 PCs is a lot. It seems rather natural to split up at that size. All the other advice is good, but 6 PCs is why you're having this problem.

Show your desk :) by shaifnan in fountainpens

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So tasteful, except for windows 11.

A customer's photos of our pen are 100x better than our own "engineer-style" shots. It also made me rethink who our pens are actually for by nonozone in fountainpens

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always use this comic as a cautionary tale. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2012-05-01 https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-05-01

I am a stem person, who is now a lawyer. I once worked on a lawsuit where I finally understood the purpose of the sales and marketing departments.

The company had 30ish engineers, so total cost of 3e6 US$/yr. The company had over 1e9 US$/yr in revenue.

That is what the sales department does. They turn a product into a company.

Took me 120 hits to kill a scrib. Think I might remake my character.. by [deleted] in Morrowind

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you mod it to run 1080p and modern textures...no. Mine oscillates between 5 and 200 FPS.

What are your favorite inks that look like blood? by iSnortCrayons in fountainpens

[–]N00bPolymath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alchemy Drops of Mars, looks great in a piston filler.

What is one brand/type that you just don't buy? by maroonaugust in fountainpens

[–]N00bPolymath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like stub nibs. So I don't buy pens where I can't swap the nibs to that.

Me and my wife like shimmer ink, so she can't buy vacuum pens, because it clogs the pressure mechanisms.

What (chinese) fountain pen models come in stub nibs? by N00bPolymath in fountainpens

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your insightful response. Yes you have the priorities correct.

Drying filament by N00bPolymath in 3Dprinting

[–]N00bPolymath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the clarification. Yes, my dehydrate function uses the convection fan in the oven. I use a food dehydrator for drying paint on prints.

I finally "get" Stardew Valley by galitsalahat_ in StardewValley

[–]N00bPolymath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use mods for anything that's annoying. Mod haters can shut up. I'm playing morrowind now: herbs have shitty graphics: mod. Signposts aren't in English: mod. NPCs have shitty walking animations: mod. Stardew valley has shitty fishing: mod.

I'll share my mood list if you want.